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J. G. SWAIN.

l GAN. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1908.

Patented .July 2o, 1909.4

JOSIAH G. SWAIN, OF MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA.

GAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July' 20, 1909.

Application led September 30, 190s. Serial No. 455,436.

. l To autonom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, Josmn Gr. Swain, a

-citizen of the-United States, residing at Martinsville, in the countyof Morgan and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cans, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a means whereby Atheinlet and outlet openings of a can for containing tluid may be readilyopened and closed.

Said invention will be first fully described and the novel featuresthereof then pointe out in the claims.

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Referring to 'the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figurel is a View partially `in side elevation and partially in section of acan embodying my present invention; Fig. 2 a central vertical sectionalview on an enlarged scale of the upper portion of the can containing thefea-tures embodying my present invention at the point indicated by thedotted a top or plan view of the can in questiomand Fig. 4 an undersideplan view of the upper end of such a can, asy seen when looking upwardlyfrom the dotted line 4 4t in Fig. l.

The,can body 2l has its head at or near the upper end, with a liange 23preferably extending somewhat above said head. The head is secured in.place in the body in any usual or desired manner, as by soldering. Thishead has inlet and exit openings 24 and 25, the exit opening having aspout or nozzle 26 'leading out therefrom, of convenient shape and size.

Secured to the under side of the head 22 is a disk 3l, having openings,32 and 33 therethrough, said openings corresponding to and adapted toregister with the inlet and exit openings 9A: and 25 in the head. Thisdisk is mounted upon a central pivot 34 carried by head 22, and its edgeextends under a flange 35 which is also secured to said head Anoperating handle 3G is also secured to this disk, and extends up throughan arcshaped slot in the head 9.2, to the outside, where it may bereached by theA operative. This handle is preferably in the form of aclamping screw, provided with a clamping nut upon its upper end, aswing-nut 37, so that the disk may be locked in either of its positions.

The advantages of this invention will be obvious. `When it is desired toeither iill the can, or draw a portion of its contents therefrom, allthat is necessary is merely to more the disk by means of its handleuntil the openings in the disk and the top register. ln such filling anddischarging of the can, the lluid passes through. one of the'openings,while the other serves as an inlet or outlet for the air.

llavi'ng thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is, p

l. Thecombination, in a can, of a top having an inlet and an outletopening and an aroshaped slot to accommodate an operating` handle7 vadischarge spout fixedly secured to said top surrounding saidoutletopening, a disk centrally pivoted td the under side oit' the said topand having open- V ings adapted to .register with said inlet and outletopenings, a handle secured tosaid disk and extending up through the slotin said top whereby said disk may be moved to cover or uncover the saidinlet and outlet openings, clamping means embodied in said handlewhereby the disk may be located in either of its positions, a flangescoured to the under side of said top and extending over the edge ofsaid disk, and a flange extending above the top and surrounding all theopenings therein.

The combination, in a can, of a top having an inlet and an outletopening and an arc-shaped slot to accommodate an operating handle, adischarge spout fixedly secured to said Vtop surrounding said outletopening, a disk eent 'ally pivoted to the under side of said` top andhaving openings adapted to register with said inlet and out letopenings, a handle secured to said disk and extending up through theslot in said top whereby said disk may be moved to `cover or uncover thesaid inlet and outlet openings, and a fiange secured to the under sideof said top and extending over the edge of said disk.

In witness whereof, l* have hereunto set my hand andseal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this twenty-eighth day of September, A. D. onethousand nine hundred and eight.

` JSIAH G. SIVALIN. [n s] Witnesses Cnns'rnn Brannon, 'lnonas W,McManus.

